Clarion 1949-12-14 Vol 27 No 06

.. And His name
shall be called Won-derful
. . ." Isaiah 9:6 -tilrg 016310@Z Beilteti Sc/ aal Par,e4
Merry Christmas -
and a
Happy New Year
Vol. XXVII—No. 5
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Wednesday, December 14, 1949
Musical Pageant Presented Tonight
Four Bethel debate teams motored to Cedar Falls, Iowa to take
part in the Annual invitational debate tournament held at Iowa State
and 10th, and won 7 debates out
PDG Discusses Swedish Pacifism
Paul Lillienberg will present his views on Swedish Pacifism at the
meeting of the Progressive Discussion Group tomorrow on campus.
Dr. Paul LeRoy Homer, member of the University of Minnesota
Philosophy Department spoke on th el ltio e r f.-.1,:---Ii.zic.‘7ke.gs.;ard ,s----phi-losaphy
to modern Protestant fun-
WHAT PROMISES TO be one of the finest Christmas programs
yet presented at Bethel will be presented in the chapel this evening
at 8:00.
The occasion is the All-school Musical Pageant sponsored by the
Lads and Lassies. All talent used is being drawn from the two societies,
with the exception of Lee Louis. Two hundred program folders, sug-gestive
of Christmas, have been prepared for this event.
The center of interest will be a
pageant of the Nativity in full cos-tume;
under the direction of Lois
Mitchell and Lucy Caskey. Ronny
Johnson is in charge of stage pro-perties.
One of the features will be the
Lads' and Lassies' choral group
which Lee Louis, who was formerly
with Fred Waring, is directing.
Among their offerings will be a
_new arrangement of "0 Holy
Night", by Dick Anthony, a Bethel
freshman. Dick also play the
piano, and Wanda Schrupp will be
the soloist.
This final Christmas season pro-gram
has been prayerfully design-ed
to give students an inspiration
which they may carry home, show-ing
God's love for all men in the
-ji. ccio u gift of Ms deal
Entire Ensemble Features
Lads and Lassies Talent
Lords and Ladies Sponsor .
Concert by Choralaires
Teachers College on December 9th
of 16.
The boys teams were composed
of L. Nelson, R. Daley, W. Ander-son,
F. Welch, H. Lind, and J.
Balian. The Bethel girls team, com-posed
of F. Nordstrom, and J.
Johnson, competing in their first
tournament won 2 out of 4 de-bates_
Jane Johnson highest rank-ing
debater on the squad, received
3 excellent ratings and one good
rating: The other 7 debaters were
pressing her very closely. Teams
over which Bethel debaters receiv-ed
the decision were: Upper Iowa
U., South Dakota State, Iowa State,
Drake U., St. Cloud Teachers, Coe
College, and Iowa State Teachers
College.
In the extemporaneous speaking
contest, 5 out of 6 Bethel entrants
came out with an overall rating of
"good", indicating a generally high
ability of the squad as a whole.
While none of the debaters took
top honors, the showing was very
encouraging in that all of the 8
debaters who took part rated from
"good" to near "excellent" in the
16 debates in which they took part.
Yule Festivities
of German Club
Christmas in Germany was the
subject at the Bethel German club
meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6. The pre-sent
German students, many for-mer
students and others interested
in the German language, joined in
the singing of the beautiful Christ-mas
hymns and carols in that
tongue. Annemarie Oesterle spoke
concerning the customs during the
Christmas season in Germany.
After the program the group ad-journed
to the dining room for
fellowship and feasting.
Students Submit Cover
Designs for 1950 Spire
Cover designs for the 1950 Spire
have already been submitted to the
publications department by Wally
Berke and Warren Palmquist. Wal-ly's
entry is built on a linear de-sign
in red and gold. Warren's de-picts
an Indian and uses red and
white for its color scheme. Final
decisions as to which design is to
be used have not yet been made.
damentalists at a recent meeting.
Membership in the Progressive
Discussion Group is restricted to
fellows with a 1.5 honor point ratio
and to those who have liyed on
campus one year. With general con-sent
of the group all those interest-ed
may attend meetings, however.
Two years ago this group was
organized in order to exchange
opinions on diversified topics. An-other
aim is to serve as an in-centive
to other groups interested
in exchanging views on various
subjects.
Fall Quarter
Honor Roll
The following is the official
honor roll released by the Dean's
office, including students carrying
12 or more credit hours.
"A" Honor Roll: Deane Shaeffer.
"B" Honor Roll: Clifford D. An-derson,
Kenneth Anderson, Marj-orie
Anderson, Wendell R. Ander-son,
Martha Armstrong, Carol Bes-sey,
Mary E. Bogren, Connie Cleve-land,
Delmar Dahl, Richard Dahl-quist,
Robert Daley, Ruthe Daniel-son,
Robert Earl, Audrey Ekdahl,
Morris Engstrom, Marilyn Erick-son,
Dwight Ericsson, Maralyn
Groves, Kenneth Gullman, Rich-ard
Harvey, Perry Hedberg, Bruce
Herrstrom, Joyce Hill, Joy Ingalls,
Eleanor Johnson, Harry Jones,
Gladys Kleinsasser, Irene K1 e y,
Marilyn Kortum.
011ie Mae Landen, David Larsen,
Ralph Larson, Beverly Lewis, Ai-leen
Lindquist, Ruth Martinson,
B-Etta Meyer, Rudolph Muska,
Louie Nelson, Florence Nordstrom,
Barbara Olander, Helen Olson,
David Osterberg, Reuben Peterson,
Walter Peterson, Winifred Sch-midt,
Edna Schutz, Marjorie Skog,
Kenneth Skov, Harvey Swanberg,
Malcom Van Antwerp, F or r e s t
Vance, Arlie Weber, Carol West.
Selections by the Northwestern
Hospital Nurses' Chorus were:
"Angels O'er the Fields", "Jesus,
Dear Jesus", "I Am Joy", and
others. Special selections were
given by Miss Virginia Hovander
and Mr. William Ashwood. The ac-companist
was Miss Georgia Mat-hews.
Girl's Chorus Sings
at Edina Baptist
Leaving Bethel by bus at six
Sunday evening, December eleven-th,
the Girls' Chorus went to Edina
Baptist Church where they pre-sented
a sacred concert. Included
in their selections were "Send
Forth Thy Spirit," "Dearest Lord
Jesus", and "Were You There?" A
piano solo by Carol Bessey was
also part of the evening's program
in addition to the chorus num-bers.
A social hour following the
evening service was sponsored by
the young peoPle of the church.
Rev. S. Alwar Sundell, secretary
of Swedish Baptist Young People's
Union of Finland and editor of the
Baptist journal there planned to
sail Saturday, Dec. 3 on the M. S.
Gripsholm for his native land.
Rev. Sundell, who became a well-known
and appreciated figure on
campus, came to study social and
educational conditions in the Unit-ed
States. His absence has already
been felt. Greetings sent by means
of him from Bethelites to the youth
of Finland should reach them be-fore
Christmas.
Missionary Challenge
From SPBI Group
Missions all over the world, every
country a mission field, the fields
are white unto harvest, and many
more phrases were the keys that
opened up doors and broadened
the scope of all those who attended
the Missionary Band Meeting, De-cember
9.
A gospel team from the St. Paul
Bible Institute presented a fine
program consisting of several
speakers who presented the mis-sionary
challange from many dif-ferent
angles.
Loves Labor - Gilt
Boxes For Europe
While most of the Bethel con-stituency
turned their faces home-ward
for Thanksgiving vacation,
the Bodien residents left on camp-us
began the mending and washing
of clothing to be sent to the needy
of Europe.
Skirts, sweaters, bathrobes, win-ter
coats, dresses and blouses
claimed their attention as they set
about to meet a physical need,
keeping the spiritual need con-stantly
on their hearts. A substant-ial
wooden crate has been tightly
packed with the packaged gar-ments
and awaits only the hammer
blows of some husky Bethel Indian
before the lid will be securely clos-ed
and arrangements can be made
for shipment.
But actual shipment is another
story. It costs money to send a
box of this size across the yawn-ing
miles of ocean that stretch
themselves between Bethel and the
continent of Europe, not to speak
of a broaa. expanse of good Ameri-can
soil. That's why there's a col-lection
box on ti:.? college bulletin
board.
Margarer.-Fribery, vorot.hy John=
son, Violet Gerdlund, Shirley Chris-tenson,
Kirstin Linder, Ruth Mar-tinson,
Lena Hargan, Sue Daniel-son,
Eleanor Johnson and others
have done their part toward put-ting
the clothes in order.
Just h o w realistically Bethel
means business with Europe will
be clear when Roger Hedberg, who
is handling the funds, empties that
little collection box sometime be-fore
Christmas and settles himself
to the task of counting out the
mailing cost.
"Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these .. .
ye have done it unto Me."
BWA Program Brings Out
Christmas' Universal Appeal
The beauty of the Christmas
story and its universal appeal was
brought forth at the B.W.A. Christ-mas
program last Thursday after-noon,
Dec. 8, in the dining hall.
The theme of the program was the
celebration of Christmas in other
lands.
Two Bethel students, Roselia
Solis from Guatemala, and Anne-marie
Oesterle from Heidelburg,
Germany gave short talks on the
celebration of Christmas in their
homelands. The Christmas story
was told with the reading of the
story from the Bible and pro-claimed
by the singing of carols
and with special music.
Hazel Swartz sang a solo accom-panied
by Kirstin Linder at the
piano. Other special music was pro-vided
by a trio composed of Janice
ackson, Ruth Jorgensen and Betty
Michaelson.
Christmas records were played
while refreshments were served
after the program. Table decora-tions
also brought out the Christ-mas
theme. Carol Bergsten was in
charge of refreshments and Mari-lyn
Tunnell headed the decoration
committee. The program chairman
was Audrey Weldon.
Tbig 31g ebrigtnia5
To know Him as He is today,
Not as a manger babe, but as the One
Who lived and died and lives again
Enthroned and reigning in my heart;
To sense the need of men who only know
The tinsel and the rushing of the crowds,
Who celebrate a day and nothing more
Because to them He slumbers yet at Bethlehem;
To love Him and His Word above all else,
And, loving, wish to tell men everywhere
The tidings of redemption—
This is Christmas!
Debate Teams Return with
Victories from First Meet
Irscr•MONMOVIVNIPs"M.P.""MOVININNINAP,
The entire Clarion staff ex-tends
to all Clarion readers war-mest
wishes for a most Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year.
May" youfeel anew that glow-ing
love of God which nineteen
hundred years age sent His Un-speakable
Gift to be the Saviax.
of the world. And may every
day f the New Year be one of
continual growth in Him.
Students and faculty members enjoyed the music of the Minneapolis
Choralaires, assisted by the Northwestern Hospital Nurses' Chorus Tues-day,
Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. Under the directorship of Robert Mantzke the
Choralaires presented their numbers along with the numbers presented
by the Nurses' Chorus on the occasion of the semi-formal pre-Christmas
concert sponsored by the Arconian and Ladocian Collegiate Societies.
The two choral groups represent some of the finest talent and
Christian leadership that is in our
area. This was attested by the ap-preciation
expressed by those in
attendance Tuesday evening. Selec-tions
by the Choralaires included:
"Gloria in Excelsis Deo", "Halle-lujah
Chorus", "Jesus, the Very
Thought of Thee", "There is a
Balm in Gilead", "As Lately We
Watched", and "Salvation is Creat-ed."
Rev. Sundell
Sails for Homeland
eclito4dal
Christmas or Xmas?
If you would like to hear some of your classmates speak, come out
to the next meeting of the Tau Sigma Pi which is to be held at 7:30
p.m., Monday, Jan. 9. The interesting program planned is for visitors as
well as members and the place of meeting will be announced in Chapel.
Our last meeting the club's advisor, Mr. Schultz said a few words in
connection with the Christmas theme. A humorous film was shown and
a few impromptu speeches together with an after-dinner speech were
also given.
I was over to Louie Nelson's apartment the other day. Nice apart-ments
they have at Bethel for the married couples.
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Mr. Bernsten and the debaters were in Iowa debating this year's topic,
"Nationalization of Basic Industries", last week-end. Let's remember our
coach and the debaters in prayer throughout the year; not only that
they might debate well, but that wherever they go, they might bear a
Christian testimony from Bethel.
In thinking of Christmas, and we know that it couldn't have
CHRIST-mas without Christ, I would like to leave a little poem
you for meditation over the holidays. May everyone who reads
only read it from the mouth but read it from the heart.
Bread of Heaven on Thee I feed,
For Thy flesh is meat indeed;
Ever may my soul be fed
With this true and Living bread!
Wine of Heaven; Thy Blood supplies
This blest cup of Sacrifice;
'Tis Thy wounds my healing gives;
To Thy Cross I look and Live—
Thou my life, 0 let me be
Rooted, Grafted, Built on Thee.
a joyous holiday for all and may
more real.
poem, not
May it be He become
been
with
this
ever
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Our Reasons For A Merry Christmas
em5 of Tbougbt
By President Wingbiade
Once again we are approaching the joyous yuletide season. The halls
ring with songs of joy and worship and conversation around the mail
boxes indicates that many are anxiously anticipating vacation time and
thoughts of home and loved ones are rapidly replacing those of formulas
and history dates.
Truly, this is a happy time for the Christian. He can sing from
the depths of his soul, "Peace on earth toward men good will," even
in a world of turmoil and confusion.
But unfortunately, not all can sing of our Christ. To most people,
it is still a mystery why they should send gifts and try to spread cheer
all because of the birth of a "mythical" character called Jesus.
On a quiz program recently, a series of words were given and the
answer for each was to be the first thought that entered the mind. One
of the testing words was Christmas. The contestant answered, "tree."
But he was wrong. The correct answer was Santa Claus!
No mention need be made of the business world who commercialize
to death this sacred holiday: One wonders if it won't soon be proper to
buy one's fireworks and Christmas decorations at the same time.
As opposed to this all too real picture, I heard a mother say the
other day that since her 16-year old daughter was but a child, she
had displayed a miniature manger set on a table in the corner with
a shinging star of Bethlehem above it. Every year, she said, the daughter
has come to love that manger set in the corner far more than the
family Christmas tree; and visitors to that home are immediately im-pressed
about the reality of that tiny nativity scene.
May the Christ of Christmas be seen in our hearts, homes and lives
this year.
What Then
A young man, a high school
graduate, upon arriving at college
was greeted by the president.
Having an interest in the boy by
virtue of being a close friend of
his father, he began to question
him: "Well, my boy, after you
have finished your college here—
what then?"
"Oh, I -may be elected to the
senate."
hat then ?'t
"I suppose that I will get old
and retire to a well-earned rest."
"Yes—and what then?"
"Some day," he said quietly, "I
shall die."
"Yes," said the old man, "after
death,—what?" But to this there
When the choir has sung its last
anthem,
And the preacher has made his
last prayer;
When the people have heard their
last sermon,
And the sound has died out in
the air;
When the Bible lies closed on the
altar
And the pews are all empty of
men;
And each one stands facing his
record—
And the great Book is opened—.
WHAT THEN?
Let us hope, dear readers, that
you know the answer to that ques-tion.
"Now is the accepted time,
now is the day of salvation."
Seldom do we find a proper per-spective
of American heritage and
social conditions present in Ameri-can
writers. Most attempts at such
descriptions are lost somewhere
between "The Philosophy of the
Contemporary Lower Slobbovian"
by a promising Breck High fresh-man
and "College Can Be Educa-tional",
a backward glance by a
self-made Wall Street typhoon.
Therefore, it was a very exhi-larating
experience to discover a
deserving piece of cultural analysis
as I was reading through Purvis
Wood's waste basket seeking
crumbs of intellectual bread. This
brief description is anonymous but
was evidently the work of some
Swedish Sociology major investiga-ting
the origins of Swedish people
and customs in America. Among
the startling discoveries I made
was this "eye opener":
"When the Swedish Ambassador,
Leif Erikson, arrived at the mouth
of the Delaware River in the year
947, the Indian Orchestra welcom-ed
him. He was the representative
of the Ice Cream Agency in Swed-en
and came here for the express
purpose of obtaining a milking
machine to be used in milking
polar bears in Sweden.
This was necessary because the
demand for ice cream in the United
States was so great that Sweden
did not have enough people to
milk the polar bears by hand. Even
the purchase of a milking machine
was not sufficient in handling the
great demand for ice cream.
Every ship in Sweden's fleet
was used for the purpose of trans-porting
ice cream to the States,
but the need for ice cream in the
States was still great, and, there-fore,
a tunnel was built in the
year 1000 under the Atlantic Ocean
which enabled Sweden to send over
two billion cubic feet of ice cream
every hour." Toss that at the Dairy
Fresh people if you want them to
squirm for an answer.
He continues . . . "Leif Erikson's
first impression of America's theo-logical
literature can be read in an
air mail letter to the king of
Sweden written October 32nd, 988.
He wrote in part, 'We shall never
use Strong's 'Systematic Theology'
as a textbook in Sweden'. To this
day, we haven't seen any strong
systematic theology in Sweden." I
was hesitant about including the
above observation for fear Prof.
On the Burner
My parents and I got into our
new NASH CARR on Christmas
morning while the DAY was yet
YOUNG, and started for grandpa
and grandma's HOLME at PORT
ARTHUR. The weather had luckily
turned out to be calm and MILD.
As we traveled, the SUND rose
higher into the sky, sending its
bright rays of light DANSAREing
and sparkling on the icy ground be-
,low like tiny .-rFwv,Lic.s. We _pas-sed
by WOODS and GROVES of
stately pine edged in glittering sil-ver.
What a beautiful WINTER
STEEN it was.
Soon we turned in at our destina-tion
to find our loved ones patient-ly
waiting for us. Grandma had the
BERRYS all dished-up in , bowls
and the turkey was already WEL-DON.
We commenced to stuff and
then stuff some more.
After dinner, and what a dinner
it was, we passed around the pre-sents.
We were all thrilled when
my cousin found in her beautifully
wrapped box a diamond ring along
with a little note signed, "I LOVE
you". (Just predicting for a few
Bethel gals!) Mom jumped up and
down with JOY when she found
in her box a new BROWN mink
coat. My three-year-old nephew was
just as excited to find a "ROCKY"
horse and a bucking B R U N K 0
waiting for him under the Christ-mas
tree, and grandpa received a
lovely SHAFFER pen and pencil
set.
As the sun sank lower in the
WESTern sky, we all began to get
Olson would be minus a second
hour class but then, the Clarion
is noted for its fearless reporting.
Now for the encouragement of
those who are stuttering Swedish
in Mrs. Sjordal's classes, our ob-jective
observer reminds us: "Con-cerning
the language of heaven .. .
Swedish . . . Leif Erikson believed
that the only blessing to those in
purgatory would be that they
would learn Swedish there as a
passport to heaven."
The finale of this cultural master-piece
should be of special interest
to Dan'l (Fair and Warmer) Bloom.
"When Mr. Erikson saw the `In-dians'
play the game of fightball
(known as football among the
masses), he thought it looked like
a company which had fallen down
from Mars and were now dancing
and worshipping their homeland's
war-god."
We are told of a minister who
was sitting in his study as Holy
Week was approaching—preparing
a Christmas message.
Feeling rather tired he let his
head rest on the desk, and was
soon fast asleep. Then he dreamt a
dream—that Christ had not come
to the world.
In his dream he was called to
a sick bed, which became a death
bed. As he sat by the side of the
suffering one, who was fast sink-ing,
he tried to speak a word of
cheer, but he had nothing to say,
no hope to bring. There was no
Christ to preach. In utter weakness
he left the sick room, and the soul
soon slipped away from its earthly
abode.
• He went to his study, but among
all the books on worldly thought
and wisdom there was not one
about a Saviour who had come, not
one with a message of salvation.
And there was nowhere a song of
cheer or of praise.
Soon there was to be a funeral,
and he was to have charge. He
stood by an open grave. Some-thing
should be said and he want-ed
so much to say it, but his lips
were silent, and his heart was an
aching void. The grave was open,
and death had a sting, and the
future was utter darkness. He had
nothing to speak of a Christ who
had come to save, or of immor-tality
or of mansions prepared_
All was failure and futility—and
in his heart was despair.
Then the minister was awakened
from his tragic dream. There was
a song in the air. His own church
choir was practicing for the Christ-mas
service, and the words and
music were fie toui to Wall -in-creasing
clarity and beauty.
"Oh, come all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
Come ye, oh come ye to Bethlehem
Come, let us behold Him,
Born the King of angels;
Come, let us adore Him—
Christ the Lord."
What joy now filled the mini-ster's
heart! The dark dream was
scattered. Christ had come. He was
risen. He did reign on high. The
minister did have a message. Light
and hope were forever his portion
and the portion of all those who
would put their trust in Him. ,
into our Christmas best to go to
church. At seven-thirty we filed
into the little Baptist Church on
FRANKLIN Avenue to hear the
story of a Babe—the story of the
Christ Child.
As I sat listening to the Christ-mas
message being presented by
the Sunday School children, I
thought to myself how MARVEL-Ions
it was that God would send
His only Son to earth to die for
lost sinners. Then, silently I bow-ed
my head and whispered a little
prayer, thanking God that although
I was one of those sinners, I have
been redeemed by His precious
blood.
* * *
There will be several students
from Bethel who will be going into
God's Invasion Army in January.
MARCIA GANGWISH, we'll miss
your joking and hearty laugh —
Helen Dahl is already pretty lone-some.
PAUL SANDIN, keep smil-ing
for the Lord. EDDIE VIREN,
we're happy that you can go into
full time service, but poor Nordy!
There are two former Bethelites
who will also be going into the
Army. They are AVIS JOHNSON
and CHARLOTTE EKBERG, both
from Chicago. Let's r e m e m b e r
these fellows and girls in prayer
as they go out into the harvest
fields seeking the lost for Christ.
MeciiWirmt Wind from Lind
As the Axe Is Ground
Found in the Wastebasket
9frt Spa4/44i
by Roger Hedberg
■..
The ice skating rink has been up over. three weeks now and as
soon as the fire department of St. Paul is certain of consistent cold
weather the rink will be flooded. Ed Carlson heads the committee that
will keep up the condition of the rink and enforce certain rules that
will be necessary to please everybody. Ralph Bennett and Don Dye will
assist Ed. Certain hours will be set for pleasure skating and ice-sports,
and the neighborhood "kids" will be allowed to 'skate at certain periods.
Coach Edwards has announced that all the, home basketball games
will be played in the gymnasium of Minnehaha academy of Minneapolis.
This gymnasium has just recently been completed and has a regulation
basketball court and ample room for spectators, so our student body can
,ok forward to some pleasant surroundings in watching the Indians
battles.
* * * *
it has been a few years now since Bethel has had a standing girl's
basketball team to represent Bethel in girl's basketball competition in
this area, however, plans are in the making for such a team this year.
Claryce Skoog, along with her contemporary girl sports enthusists
Dobbe Coopper, Ruth Martinson, and Marilyn Kortum, is initiating the
action necessary to bring into being a girl's team. Doris Richert, former
Bethelite, will coach the team, and competition such as Northwestern
Schools and the Ag School will be scheduled.
* * * *
Reserve Monday night, January the 16th as a "must" for an evening
of entertainment. The annual—all famous—Coffee Cup game will be
payed between the faculty and a team to be announced later. The
Coffee Cup trophy has yet to be won by the faculty.
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THE CLARION Page
Cagers Gain 66-54 Win Over Rochester
Superior State
Victors Over
Bethel, 66-45
Playing on the Superior State
Teachers court on December 2,
Bethel bowed to the tune of 66-45.
Once again, the Indians were
overcome by the distinct disadvan-tage
of not enough height, although
they did make a battle of the en-tire
game.
Playing inspired basketball in
the first half, Bethel trailed by
only four points as the clock show-ed
one minute in the half. Then
two quick baskets by the Teachers
made the half time score 34-26.
In this half, Bethel had connect-ed
on twelve out of fourteen free
throws. The two were missed after
the Indians had pushed twelve in
a row through the hoops.
The second half showed the
Teacher reserves were stronger
than the Redman reserves, for in
the last quarter, with Bethel still
within striking d i s t a n c e, Ken
Greenman, Gordy Wood, and Don
Peterson fouled out. From this
point, Superior had an easy time
of it as their big 6-5 center, Gene
Omernik, led the way with a total
of 22 points. Gordy Wood was high
for the losers hitting on seven
field goals and five for five charity
shots.
Gymnasts Perform
Ladder Act At
_City Hockey Game_
The newly-formed gymnastic and
tumbling team of Bethel College
displayed its talents publicly (a-part
from any school function) be-tween
periods of the Tulsa - St.
Paul hockey game, November 29.
Presenting the Roman ladder act,
the team was coached by Ernie
Davis, well known Christian youth
and athletic director in the Twin
Cities area.
Members of the team which per-formed
are Curt Wik, director of
the act, Marlin Nelson, Dave Tut-tle,
Harold Kickbush, Bob Lythe,
Bob Bliss, Kenny Gullman, Paul
Dubuque, Arvid Berg and Cliff
Smith.
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Indians Yield In
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Wartburg, 56-41
The 1949-50 edition of Bethel
basketball opened the current sea-son
on November 28 at Wartburg
College with a loss, 56-41.
The Redmen, lacking the neces-sary
height to cope with the Iowan
giants, nevertheless played good
basketball the entire game. .The
average height of the starting
home team was one inch over six
feet. As a result the rebounds of
both 'backboards were controlled
very ably by the black and orange
suited Knights from the corn coun-try.
In the first half, a one man ex-hibition
was put on by Gordy
Wood, Bethel's diminutive guard.
He poured in four shots from well
out on the court to record half
of Bethel's first-half points. The
score at half was 31-16.
Bud Pierce, brilliant forward for
Bethel suddenly caught fire in the
second half and scored ten points.
Ken Greenman also found himself
for a total of twelve points, and
the two teams walked off the floor
at the end of the game, both
'having scored 25 points in the
second half, but the first half de-ficit
still had to be accounted for
and thus the final score read in
favor of Wartburg, 56-41.
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Sports Sketch •
THIS ARTICLE WILL MARK
THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF
SKETCHES ON THE PLAYERS
ON THE INDIAN VARSITY
BASKETBALL TEAM.
Bud Pierce, f or war d on this
year's Indian basketball squad,
comes to Bethel from Centralia,
(Wash.) Junior College's varsity
team. Five feet eight inches of
height is no great handicap to Bud
as his excellent teamwork and fine
shots ably compensate for lack of
height.
As has been mentioned before,
Bud saw varsity action during both
of his two years at Centralia J.C.
His high school career was started
at Dallas, Oregon, where, as a
sophomore, 'he got his first taste
of varsity play. Centralia H.S.,
where he played his junior and
senior years, also benefited by
Bud's abilities.
Here at Bethel, Bud is much im-pressed
with the spirit in sports,
and he remarks, "Playing for Bet-hel
is not playing for personal
glory, but for something more than
that."
A twenty-one year old junior
Bud, is majoring in psychology;
there is nothing definite in his
plans for the future except the pro-bability
of attending Bethel next
year also.
•
B Team Drops
Cage Event To
Calvary, 48-38
This season's Bethel "B" squad
basketball team is composed of
thirteen members. Those making
up the first team are forwards
Harvey De Vries, veteran from last
year, Pete Anderson, Bob Schmidt,
guards Jim Lemon, Bob Lyth and
Art Bergeson, and Dave Swanson
playing center. Other members of
. the team are Clarence Anderson,
Frank Doten, Curt Johnson, Don
Lindgren, Dean Olson and Jim
Young. Bob Sandin, former Bethel
varsity player, is coaching the Jun-ior
squad again this year.
The team lost their first game to
Calvary Baptist by a score of 48-
38. High point man for Bethel was
Jim Lemon with 13.
Rochester, held without a field
goal for the first eight minutes,
found themselves on the short end
of a 19-6 score at the quarter. The
second quarter proved to be of the
same nature and the halftime score
showed Bethel in front 41-26.
The referees had a busy night
with a total of 53 fouls being call-ed,
29 of them against Rochester.
Bethel capitalized on this by push-ing
22 gift tosses through the
hoops.
Don Peterson totaled nine points
and Gordy Wood was held to only
eight points for his lowest output
of the season.
BETH EL (66)
FG FT PF TP
Hage, f 0 0 4 0
Peterson, f2 5 4 9
Bjorndahl, i • 0 2 5 2
Nelson, f 1 0 0 2
Greenman, c 8 10 2 26
Bandy, c 0 0 2 0
Wood, g 3 2 2 8
Pierce, g 8 3 4 19
Johnson, G., g 0 0 ' 0
Johnson, T., g 0 0 1 0
— — —
Totals 22 22 24 6o
ROCHESTER (54)
FG FT PF TP
nristopherson,f 1 0 0 2
Ackerman, f .. 7 4 4 18
Campion, f .. 0 1 0 1
Allen, f 2 1 3 5
Stewart, c 2 4 5 8
Carlson, g-c 0 1 3 1
Block, g 2 3 5 7
West, g 0 0 1 0
Gillespie, g 2 5 12
— — — —
Totals 19 16 29 54
Halftime Score: Bethel 41, Rochester
26. Officials: Rideneour, Carroll.
HOME CAGE SCHEDULE
Jan. 7 Austin
Jan. 17 Concordia
Jan. 24 Brainerd
Jan. 28 Northland
Feb. 7 Luther
Feb. 11 Waldorf
Feb. 17 Worthington
Feb. 25 Bethany
Mar. 9 Rochester
The first home game against
Austin on January 7th, a Satur-day
night, will be played at
Minnehaha Gymn, 32nd St. and
47th Ave. So., Minneapolis, one
block South and West from Lake
St. and River Road.
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Greenman Is High With 26
Points; Pierce Gets 19
The Bethel Indians thumped Rochester J. C. 66-54 for their first
victory of the season. The game was played at the Rochester Auditorium
on December 9.
With center Ken Greenman leading the way with 26 points, the
Indians were in no danger throughout the game. They led the entire
distance, scoring first on a free throw by Bud Pierce. Pierce finished the
game with 19 points, 11 of them coming in the second half.
Skoog, Viren
Elected Grid
Captains For
1950 Season
The 1g-4'g-football team- was hon-ored
at the football banquet held
in the Bethel dining hall on Decem-ber
7 at 7:00 P.M.
After a dinner which had venison
as the main dish, several business
matters were taken care of. The
1950 co-captains were announced.
En trusted with the leadership for
next year were Ron Skoog and
John Viren, who will be Senior
and Sophmore respectively next
year.
Curtis Peterson was the re-cipient
of the title—Outstanding
Lineman of the Year. A total of
24 letters were then awarded to
the fellows, who carried the name
of Bethel through its third season
of football. Coach Clarence Hol-strom
delivered a short talk and
Paul Lillienburg provided the final
feature by showing a variety of his
color slides.
Ruth Jorgensen decks Howie Carlson in carrot corsage.
—Courtesy of St. Paul Dispatch
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THE CLARION
Wednesday, December 14, 1949
Bethel Locale
For Pres--; Conf.
The evening of Nov. 29 found a
new and different kind of meeting
on Bethel's campus. Editors and
publication representatives from
four of the nine evangelical schools
in the Twin Cities area gathered
to discuss the problems of student
publications and the possibilities
for co-operation between Christian
schools in journalism.
This novel meeting was arranged
by Perry Hedberg, who is the head
of the College and Student Publi-cation
Section of the Evangelical
Press Association. The E. P. A.
which sponsored this press con-ference
was organized last April
in Chicago for the purpose of en-hancing
the effectiveness of Chris-tian
journalism through co-opera-tion
and encouraging high ethical
and technical standards.
A discussion period afforded a
good opportunity for learning how
other schools operate their publica-tions
and overcome their difficul-ties.
The posibility of developing a
student paper syndicate within the
400 evangelical schools, a matter of
much interest and great promise,
was talked over in the meeting.
Rev. Gerald B. Smith, Church
Editor for the St. Paul Pioneer
Press-Dispatch, brought the. group
some inspirational remarks and
news tips. A valuable and inform-ative
talk was also given by Pro-fessor
Harold Wilson of the Uni-versity's
dep.artment of journalism
on lay-out technicalities and meth-ods
for improving publications.
The group is looking forward to
meeting again sometime in the
spring to plan and learn still more
—to the- praise of His glory.
New German Band
Brings Vim, Vigor
The 1949-50 edition of the Bethel
German Band is taking shape at
last, reports the Band's director,
Phil Weiler, and he goes on to des-cribe
something of what Bethel
may expect from them.
An exclusive organization of the
German Club, this year's Band is
composed of a variety of talented
musicians. Several standard band
instruments, .brasses, .woodwinds
and percussion, will be augmented
by a varied background including
a piano, hormonica, slide whistle,
and other soundmaking devices.
With such a variety of instru-ments
represented (and only one
of each, at that!) it is hard to tell
at present just what kind of music
will be finally produced. It is fairly
safe to say, however, that selec-tions
will be in the lighter vein,
with especial favor given to old
German standbys—and variations.
It is hoped that this year's Band
will prove a valuable asset to
morale-boosting at Bethel's various
sports events this winter. With no
competition in its class (and the
German Band is in a class by it-self!)
this group aims to go
places. Its motto: The best in
German music by the best of Ger-man
musicians at Bethel.
winning costumes
Arc, a priest and
bonneted lady.
Faculty and interested friends
peered down from the balcony as
the program continued. Bta.ck-faced,
swallow-tailed Barbara Port,
Shirley Erickson and Jim Young
frolicked through their pantomine-song,
"When You Were Sweet Six-teen."
Marcia Gangwish and Frank
4Doten (assisted vigorously by their
"lig inner selves," Lois Mitchell
and Teddy Johnson), were swept
through a skit which brought forth
some,of the difficulties involved in
getting a date for Nickolina's Dag.
Ronny Johnson, as Master of
Ceremonies, wove his unending
jokes through the pattern of the
entire program and his interpreta-tion
of "Life Gets Teejus, Don't
It?" was a song to be remembered.
The Chapel Choir Quartet and
some chorus singing led by Howie
Carlson put the young people in a
quieter frame of mind for the de-votions
Marlin Nelson had prepar-ed.
Then came ice cream and pie
and Nickolina's Dag, 1949, became
history.
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Sophomores, it's time to blow
the dust off your ice skates and
shake the mothballs out of your ski
pants. Why? For the Sophomore
Retreat, of course. So check Jan.
20-22 on your calendar and begin
dropping the nickels in your piggy
bank now.
The theme is, "Christ in you, the
hope of glory", taken from -Col. 1:
27. Gene Johnson, selected as
speaker, will lead in a study of
Colossians.
Plans are perking for indoor
games( which will include the
famous log), tobogganing, ice skat-ing,
night hiking, and fireside de-votional
times. There will also be
a photo contest with a worthy
prize for the snapshot best depict-ing
our retreat life. So plan to
tuck your. camera in that extra
corner of your suitcase.
Remember the date; prepare now
—this and more awaits you for
only $8.
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Prof. Wik to Receive
Drs. Degree II Honors
A much-worked-for Doctor of Philosophy degree will be presented to
Reynold Wik, associate professor of history of Bethel College, upon his
graduation from the University of Minnesota, tomorrow, Dec. 15. At the
same time, his V, ife, Helen Wik, will receive her B.S. and L.S. degrees.
As a basis for his doctoral dissertation on "The Application of Steam
Power to American Agriculture," Mr. Wik said, "There has been much
N..., ritten about the railroad locomotive and the steamboat, but no one
has attempted to tell the story of
the iron horse that got off the
track and lumbered across the
western plains."
This particular phase of agricul-tural
history was chosen my Mr.
Wik partly because of the interest
it had for him as a child on a
Dakota farm where his father pio-neered
in the use of steam powered
tractors for plowing and threshing
prairie lands.
Gathering source material for
this project led Professor Wik
through fifteen states, from Wash-ington,
D. C. to Nebraska. Most of
the material was found in dust
covered boxes of factory attics and
basements. These collections, such
as the J. I. Case Collection in
Racine, Wis., included letters by
farmers and salesmen which were
over a hundred years old. Some
50,000 personal letters were read in
an attempt to gather basic infor-mation
for this unusual paper.
As a result of this research, Mr.
Wik has been asked to read a
paper on this subject at the Nat-ional
Convention of the Mississippi
Valley Historical Association which
meets in Oklahoma City next April.
Since only a few graduate students
appear on these annual programs,
this recognition , constitutes a spec-ial
honor.
Mr. Wik has been on the faculty
of Bethel for three years. He re-ceived
his B.A. degree from Sioux
Falls College; his M.A. from the
U n iv e M
done graduate work at the Univer-sities
of Harvard, Chicago and In-diana.
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If the majority of Bethelites tumbled into bed the night of Dec. 1
and dreamed of crepe-paper-and-newspaper style shows, tunnels of love
(complete with wet wash cloths), the antics of three dark minstrels
and four "hillbillies"—all to the tune of the Nickolina song—the credit
goes to the sophomore class in general and Ruth Jorgensen and her
dependable committee in particular.
Nickoiinas and their beaux who were bedecked with anything from
carrots and dog collars to chry-santhemums,
saw Marilyn Kortum,
Lu Butler and Vicky Balcom place
as winners in a style show that all
the group had helped to make. The
were Joan of
a bustled and
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Inside Info
from the S.C.
Perhaps you haven't heard just
what goes on in your Student
Council, so your Student Council
secretary would like to share with
you some of the things we've been
talking about lately.
A committee has been appointed
by the Council for the organization
of a "B" Club, composed of those
who have earned a letter in some .
sports activity. They have already
discussed various aims, and soon
will be sponsoring the sale of sea-son
tickets to various athletic
events. Incidentally, it was upon
a recommendation from the Coun-cil,
that the Policy Committee de-cided
to grant special prices for
students' wives am:0 issue season
tickets for those interested in our
athletic program.
Other plans have been made for
the skating rink opposite the girls'
dorm, the formation of a girls'
basketball team, a Christmas pro-gram
on our last day of school be-fore
vacation, and some revisions
in the Constitution regarding re-presentation
of the Council.
We would ask cooperation in re-gard
to the school calender. If each
organ ization would_ clear_ of
all meetings through the Council
secretary, much conflict and re-arrangement
could be avoided.

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.. And His name
shall be called Won-derful
. . ." Isaiah 9:6 -tilrg 016310@Z Beilteti Sc/ aal Par,e4
Merry Christmas -
and a
Happy New Year
Vol. XXVII—No. 5
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Wednesday, December 14, 1949
Musical Pageant Presented Tonight
Four Bethel debate teams motored to Cedar Falls, Iowa to take
part in the Annual invitational debate tournament held at Iowa State
and 10th, and won 7 debates out
PDG Discusses Swedish Pacifism
Paul Lillienberg will present his views on Swedish Pacifism at the
meeting of the Progressive Discussion Group tomorrow on campus.
Dr. Paul LeRoy Homer, member of the University of Minnesota
Philosophy Department spoke on th el ltio e r f.-.1,:---Ii.zic.‘7ke.gs.;ard ,s----phi-losaphy
to modern Protestant fun-
WHAT PROMISES TO be one of the finest Christmas programs
yet presented at Bethel will be presented in the chapel this evening
at 8:00.
The occasion is the All-school Musical Pageant sponsored by the
Lads and Lassies. All talent used is being drawn from the two societies,
with the exception of Lee Louis. Two hundred program folders, sug-gestive
of Christmas, have been prepared for this event.
The center of interest will be a
pageant of the Nativity in full cos-tume;
under the direction of Lois
Mitchell and Lucy Caskey. Ronny
Johnson is in charge of stage pro-perties.
One of the features will be the
Lads' and Lassies' choral group
which Lee Louis, who was formerly
with Fred Waring, is directing.
Among their offerings will be a
_new arrangement of "0 Holy
Night", by Dick Anthony, a Bethel
freshman. Dick also play the
piano, and Wanda Schrupp will be
the soloist.
This final Christmas season pro-gram
has been prayerfully design-ed
to give students an inspiration
which they may carry home, show-ing
God's love for all men in the
-ji. ccio u gift of Ms deal
Entire Ensemble Features
Lads and Lassies Talent
Lords and Ladies Sponsor .
Concert by Choralaires
Teachers College on December 9th
of 16.
The boys teams were composed
of L. Nelson, R. Daley, W. Ander-son,
F. Welch, H. Lind, and J.
Balian. The Bethel girls team, com-posed
of F. Nordstrom, and J.
Johnson, competing in their first
tournament won 2 out of 4 de-bates_
Jane Johnson highest rank-ing
debater on the squad, received
3 excellent ratings and one good
rating: The other 7 debaters were
pressing her very closely. Teams
over which Bethel debaters receiv-ed
the decision were: Upper Iowa
U., South Dakota State, Iowa State,
Drake U., St. Cloud Teachers, Coe
College, and Iowa State Teachers
College.
In the extemporaneous speaking
contest, 5 out of 6 Bethel entrants
came out with an overall rating of
"good", indicating a generally high
ability of the squad as a whole.
While none of the debaters took
top honors, the showing was very
encouraging in that all of the 8
debaters who took part rated from
"good" to near "excellent" in the
16 debates in which they took part.
Yule Festivities
of German Club
Christmas in Germany was the
subject at the Bethel German club
meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6. The pre-sent
German students, many for-mer
students and others interested
in the German language, joined in
the singing of the beautiful Christ-mas
hymns and carols in that
tongue. Annemarie Oesterle spoke
concerning the customs during the
Christmas season in Germany.
After the program the group ad-journed
to the dining room for
fellowship and feasting.
Students Submit Cover
Designs for 1950 Spire
Cover designs for the 1950 Spire
have already been submitted to the
publications department by Wally
Berke and Warren Palmquist. Wal-ly's
entry is built on a linear de-sign
in red and gold. Warren's de-picts
an Indian and uses red and
white for its color scheme. Final
decisions as to which design is to
be used have not yet been made.
damentalists at a recent meeting.
Membership in the Progressive
Discussion Group is restricted to
fellows with a 1.5 honor point ratio
and to those who have liyed on
campus one year. With general con-sent
of the group all those interest-ed
may attend meetings, however.
Two years ago this group was
organized in order to exchange
opinions on diversified topics. An-other
aim is to serve as an in-centive
to other groups interested
in exchanging views on various
subjects.
Fall Quarter
Honor Roll
The following is the official
honor roll released by the Dean's
office, including students carrying
12 or more credit hours.
"A" Honor Roll: Deane Shaeffer.
"B" Honor Roll: Clifford D. An-derson,
Kenneth Anderson, Marj-orie
Anderson, Wendell R. Ander-son,
Martha Armstrong, Carol Bes-sey,
Mary E. Bogren, Connie Cleve-land,
Delmar Dahl, Richard Dahl-quist,
Robert Daley, Ruthe Daniel-son,
Robert Earl, Audrey Ekdahl,
Morris Engstrom, Marilyn Erick-son,
Dwight Ericsson, Maralyn
Groves, Kenneth Gullman, Rich-ard
Harvey, Perry Hedberg, Bruce
Herrstrom, Joyce Hill, Joy Ingalls,
Eleanor Johnson, Harry Jones,
Gladys Kleinsasser, Irene K1 e y,
Marilyn Kortum.
011ie Mae Landen, David Larsen,
Ralph Larson, Beverly Lewis, Ai-leen
Lindquist, Ruth Martinson,
B-Etta Meyer, Rudolph Muska,
Louie Nelson, Florence Nordstrom,
Barbara Olander, Helen Olson,
David Osterberg, Reuben Peterson,
Walter Peterson, Winifred Sch-midt,
Edna Schutz, Marjorie Skog,
Kenneth Skov, Harvey Swanberg,
Malcom Van Antwerp, F or r e s t
Vance, Arlie Weber, Carol West.
Selections by the Northwestern
Hospital Nurses' Chorus were:
"Angels O'er the Fields", "Jesus,
Dear Jesus", "I Am Joy", and
others. Special selections were
given by Miss Virginia Hovander
and Mr. William Ashwood. The ac-companist
was Miss Georgia Mat-hews.
Girl's Chorus Sings
at Edina Baptist
Leaving Bethel by bus at six
Sunday evening, December eleven-th,
the Girls' Chorus went to Edina
Baptist Church where they pre-sented
a sacred concert. Included
in their selections were "Send
Forth Thy Spirit," "Dearest Lord
Jesus", and "Were You There?" A
piano solo by Carol Bessey was
also part of the evening's program
in addition to the chorus num-bers.
A social hour following the
evening service was sponsored by
the young peoPle of the church.
Rev. S. Alwar Sundell, secretary
of Swedish Baptist Young People's
Union of Finland and editor of the
Baptist journal there planned to
sail Saturday, Dec. 3 on the M. S.
Gripsholm for his native land.
Rev. Sundell, who became a well-known
and appreciated figure on
campus, came to study social and
educational conditions in the Unit-ed
States. His absence has already
been felt. Greetings sent by means
of him from Bethelites to the youth
of Finland should reach them be-fore
Christmas.
Missionary Challenge
From SPBI Group
Missions all over the world, every
country a mission field, the fields
are white unto harvest, and many
more phrases were the keys that
opened up doors and broadened
the scope of all those who attended
the Missionary Band Meeting, De-cember
9.
A gospel team from the St. Paul
Bible Institute presented a fine
program consisting of several
speakers who presented the mis-sionary
challange from many dif-ferent
angles.
Loves Labor - Gilt
Boxes For Europe
While most of the Bethel con-stituency
turned their faces home-ward
for Thanksgiving vacation,
the Bodien residents left on camp-us
began the mending and washing
of clothing to be sent to the needy
of Europe.
Skirts, sweaters, bathrobes, win-ter
coats, dresses and blouses
claimed their attention as they set
about to meet a physical need,
keeping the spiritual need con-stantly
on their hearts. A substant-ial
wooden crate has been tightly
packed with the packaged gar-ments
and awaits only the hammer
blows of some husky Bethel Indian
before the lid will be securely clos-ed
and arrangements can be made
for shipment.
But actual shipment is another
story. It costs money to send a
box of this size across the yawn-ing
miles of ocean that stretch
themselves between Bethel and the
continent of Europe, not to speak
of a broaa. expanse of good Ameri-can
soil. That's why there's a col-lection
box on ti:.? college bulletin
board.
Margarer.-Fribery, vorot.hy John=
son, Violet Gerdlund, Shirley Chris-tenson,
Kirstin Linder, Ruth Mar-tinson,
Lena Hargan, Sue Daniel-son,
Eleanor Johnson and others
have done their part toward put-ting
the clothes in order.
Just h o w realistically Bethel
means business with Europe will
be clear when Roger Hedberg, who
is handling the funds, empties that
little collection box sometime be-fore
Christmas and settles himself
to the task of counting out the
mailing cost.
"Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these .. .
ye have done it unto Me."
BWA Program Brings Out
Christmas' Universal Appeal
The beauty of the Christmas
story and its universal appeal was
brought forth at the B.W.A. Christ-mas
program last Thursday after-noon,
Dec. 8, in the dining hall.
The theme of the program was the
celebration of Christmas in other
lands.
Two Bethel students, Roselia
Solis from Guatemala, and Anne-marie
Oesterle from Heidelburg,
Germany gave short talks on the
celebration of Christmas in their
homelands. The Christmas story
was told with the reading of the
story from the Bible and pro-claimed
by the singing of carols
and with special music.
Hazel Swartz sang a solo accom-panied
by Kirstin Linder at the
piano. Other special music was pro-vided
by a trio composed of Janice
ackson, Ruth Jorgensen and Betty
Michaelson.
Christmas records were played
while refreshments were served
after the program. Table decora-tions
also brought out the Christ-mas
theme. Carol Bergsten was in
charge of refreshments and Mari-lyn
Tunnell headed the decoration
committee. The program chairman
was Audrey Weldon.
Tbig 31g ebrigtnia5
To know Him as He is today,
Not as a manger babe, but as the One
Who lived and died and lives again
Enthroned and reigning in my heart;
To sense the need of men who only know
The tinsel and the rushing of the crowds,
Who celebrate a day and nothing more
Because to them He slumbers yet at Bethlehem;
To love Him and His Word above all else,
And, loving, wish to tell men everywhere
The tidings of redemption—
This is Christmas!
Debate Teams Return with
Victories from First Meet
Irscr•MONMOVIVNIPs"M.P.""MOVININNINAP,
The entire Clarion staff ex-tends
to all Clarion readers war-mest
wishes for a most Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year.
May" youfeel anew that glow-ing
love of God which nineteen
hundred years age sent His Un-speakable
Gift to be the Saviax.
of the world. And may every
day f the New Year be one of
continual growth in Him.
Students and faculty members enjoyed the music of the Minneapolis
Choralaires, assisted by the Northwestern Hospital Nurses' Chorus Tues-day,
Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. Under the directorship of Robert Mantzke the
Choralaires presented their numbers along with the numbers presented
by the Nurses' Chorus on the occasion of the semi-formal pre-Christmas
concert sponsored by the Arconian and Ladocian Collegiate Societies.
The two choral groups represent some of the finest talent and
Christian leadership that is in our
area. This was attested by the ap-preciation
expressed by those in
attendance Tuesday evening. Selec-tions
by the Choralaires included:
"Gloria in Excelsis Deo", "Halle-lujah
Chorus", "Jesus, the Very
Thought of Thee", "There is a
Balm in Gilead", "As Lately We
Watched", and "Salvation is Creat-ed."
Rev. Sundell
Sails for Homeland
eclito4dal
Christmas or Xmas?
If you would like to hear some of your classmates speak, come out
to the next meeting of the Tau Sigma Pi which is to be held at 7:30
p.m., Monday, Jan. 9. The interesting program planned is for visitors as
well as members and the place of meeting will be announced in Chapel.
Our last meeting the club's advisor, Mr. Schultz said a few words in
connection with the Christmas theme. A humorous film was shown and
a few impromptu speeches together with an after-dinner speech were
also given.
I was over to Louie Nelson's apartment the other day. Nice apart-ments
they have at Bethel for the married couples.
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sxstu, ,ist quara4redy s,audnop per.uni iatnag 's lutist mount nox
Mr. Bernsten and the debaters were in Iowa debating this year's topic,
"Nationalization of Basic Industries", last week-end. Let's remember our
coach and the debaters in prayer throughout the year; not only that
they might debate well, but that wherever they go, they might bear a
Christian testimony from Bethel.
In thinking of Christmas, and we know that it couldn't have
CHRIST-mas without Christ, I would like to leave a little poem
you for meditation over the holidays. May everyone who reads
only read it from the mouth but read it from the heart.
Bread of Heaven on Thee I feed,
For Thy flesh is meat indeed;
Ever may my soul be fed
With this true and Living bread!
Wine of Heaven; Thy Blood supplies
This blest cup of Sacrifice;
'Tis Thy wounds my healing gives;
To Thy Cross I look and Live—
Thou my life, 0 let me be
Rooted, Grafted, Built on Thee.
a joyous holiday for all and may
more real.
poem, not
May it be He become
been
with
this
ever
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Our Reasons For A Merry Christmas
em5 of Tbougbt
By President Wingbiade
Once again we are approaching the joyous yuletide season. The halls
ring with songs of joy and worship and conversation around the mail
boxes indicates that many are anxiously anticipating vacation time and
thoughts of home and loved ones are rapidly replacing those of formulas
and history dates.
Truly, this is a happy time for the Christian. He can sing from
the depths of his soul, "Peace on earth toward men good will," even
in a world of turmoil and confusion.
But unfortunately, not all can sing of our Christ. To most people,
it is still a mystery why they should send gifts and try to spread cheer
all because of the birth of a "mythical" character called Jesus.
On a quiz program recently, a series of words were given and the
answer for each was to be the first thought that entered the mind. One
of the testing words was Christmas. The contestant answered, "tree."
But he was wrong. The correct answer was Santa Claus!
No mention need be made of the business world who commercialize
to death this sacred holiday: One wonders if it won't soon be proper to
buy one's fireworks and Christmas decorations at the same time.
As opposed to this all too real picture, I heard a mother say the
other day that since her 16-year old daughter was but a child, she
had displayed a miniature manger set on a table in the corner with
a shinging star of Bethlehem above it. Every year, she said, the daughter
has come to love that manger set in the corner far more than the
family Christmas tree; and visitors to that home are immediately im-pressed
about the reality of that tiny nativity scene.
May the Christ of Christmas be seen in our hearts, homes and lives
this year.
What Then
A young man, a high school
graduate, upon arriving at college
was greeted by the president.
Having an interest in the boy by
virtue of being a close friend of
his father, he began to question
him: "Well, my boy, after you
have finished your college here—
what then?"
"Oh, I -may be elected to the
senate."
hat then ?'t
"I suppose that I will get old
and retire to a well-earned rest."
"Yes—and what then?"
"Some day," he said quietly, "I
shall die."
"Yes," said the old man, "after
death,—what?" But to this there
When the choir has sung its last
anthem,
And the preacher has made his
last prayer;
When the people have heard their
last sermon,
And the sound has died out in
the air;
When the Bible lies closed on the
altar
And the pews are all empty of
men;
And each one stands facing his
record—
And the great Book is opened—.
WHAT THEN?
Let us hope, dear readers, that
you know the answer to that ques-tion.
"Now is the accepted time,
now is the day of salvation."
Seldom do we find a proper per-spective
of American heritage and
social conditions present in Ameri-can
writers. Most attempts at such
descriptions are lost somewhere
between "The Philosophy of the
Contemporary Lower Slobbovian"
by a promising Breck High fresh-man
and "College Can Be Educa-tional",
a backward glance by a
self-made Wall Street typhoon.
Therefore, it was a very exhi-larating
experience to discover a
deserving piece of cultural analysis
as I was reading through Purvis
Wood's waste basket seeking
crumbs of intellectual bread. This
brief description is anonymous but
was evidently the work of some
Swedish Sociology major investiga-ting
the origins of Swedish people
and customs in America. Among
the startling discoveries I made
was this "eye opener":
"When the Swedish Ambassador,
Leif Erikson, arrived at the mouth
of the Delaware River in the year
947, the Indian Orchestra welcom-ed
him. He was the representative
of the Ice Cream Agency in Swed-en
and came here for the express
purpose of obtaining a milking
machine to be used in milking
polar bears in Sweden.
This was necessary because the
demand for ice cream in the United
States was so great that Sweden
did not have enough people to
milk the polar bears by hand. Even
the purchase of a milking machine
was not sufficient in handling the
great demand for ice cream.
Every ship in Sweden's fleet
was used for the purpose of trans-porting
ice cream to the States,
but the need for ice cream in the
States was still great, and, there-fore,
a tunnel was built in the
year 1000 under the Atlantic Ocean
which enabled Sweden to send over
two billion cubic feet of ice cream
every hour." Toss that at the Dairy
Fresh people if you want them to
squirm for an answer.
He continues . . . "Leif Erikson's
first impression of America's theo-logical
literature can be read in an
air mail letter to the king of
Sweden written October 32nd, 988.
He wrote in part, 'We shall never
use Strong's 'Systematic Theology'
as a textbook in Sweden'. To this
day, we haven't seen any strong
systematic theology in Sweden." I
was hesitant about including the
above observation for fear Prof.
On the Burner
My parents and I got into our
new NASH CARR on Christmas
morning while the DAY was yet
YOUNG, and started for grandpa
and grandma's HOLME at PORT
ARTHUR. The weather had luckily
turned out to be calm and MILD.
As we traveled, the SUND rose
higher into the sky, sending its
bright rays of light DANSAREing
and sparkling on the icy ground be-
,low like tiny .-rFwv,Lic.s. We _pas-sed
by WOODS and GROVES of
stately pine edged in glittering sil-ver.
What a beautiful WINTER
STEEN it was.
Soon we turned in at our destina-tion
to find our loved ones patient-ly
waiting for us. Grandma had the
BERRYS all dished-up in , bowls
and the turkey was already WEL-DON.
We commenced to stuff and
then stuff some more.
After dinner, and what a dinner
it was, we passed around the pre-sents.
We were all thrilled when
my cousin found in her beautifully
wrapped box a diamond ring along
with a little note signed, "I LOVE
you". (Just predicting for a few
Bethel gals!) Mom jumped up and
down with JOY when she found
in her box a new BROWN mink
coat. My three-year-old nephew was
just as excited to find a "ROCKY"
horse and a bucking B R U N K 0
waiting for him under the Christ-mas
tree, and grandpa received a
lovely SHAFFER pen and pencil
set.
As the sun sank lower in the
WESTern sky, we all began to get
Olson would be minus a second
hour class but then, the Clarion
is noted for its fearless reporting.
Now for the encouragement of
those who are stuttering Swedish
in Mrs. Sjordal's classes, our ob-jective
observer reminds us: "Con-cerning
the language of heaven .. .
Swedish . . . Leif Erikson believed
that the only blessing to those in
purgatory would be that they
would learn Swedish there as a
passport to heaven."
The finale of this cultural master-piece
should be of special interest
to Dan'l (Fair and Warmer) Bloom.
"When Mr. Erikson saw the `In-dians'
play the game of fightball
(known as football among the
masses), he thought it looked like
a company which had fallen down
from Mars and were now dancing
and worshipping their homeland's
war-god."
We are told of a minister who
was sitting in his study as Holy
Week was approaching—preparing
a Christmas message.
Feeling rather tired he let his
head rest on the desk, and was
soon fast asleep. Then he dreamt a
dream—that Christ had not come
to the world.
In his dream he was called to
a sick bed, which became a death
bed. As he sat by the side of the
suffering one, who was fast sink-ing,
he tried to speak a word of
cheer, but he had nothing to say,
no hope to bring. There was no
Christ to preach. In utter weakness
he left the sick room, and the soul
soon slipped away from its earthly
abode.
• He went to his study, but among
all the books on worldly thought
and wisdom there was not one
about a Saviour who had come, not
one with a message of salvation.
And there was nowhere a song of
cheer or of praise.
Soon there was to be a funeral,
and he was to have charge. He
stood by an open grave. Some-thing
should be said and he want-ed
so much to say it, but his lips
were silent, and his heart was an
aching void. The grave was open,
and death had a sting, and the
future was utter darkness. He had
nothing to speak of a Christ who
had come to save, or of immor-tality
or of mansions prepared_
All was failure and futility—and
in his heart was despair.
Then the minister was awakened
from his tragic dream. There was
a song in the air. His own church
choir was practicing for the Christ-mas
service, and the words and
music were fie toui to Wall -in-creasing
clarity and beauty.
"Oh, come all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
Come ye, oh come ye to Bethlehem
Come, let us behold Him,
Born the King of angels;
Come, let us adore Him—
Christ the Lord."
What joy now filled the mini-ster's
heart! The dark dream was
scattered. Christ had come. He was
risen. He did reign on high. The
minister did have a message. Light
and hope were forever his portion
and the portion of all those who
would put their trust in Him. ,
into our Christmas best to go to
church. At seven-thirty we filed
into the little Baptist Church on
FRANKLIN Avenue to hear the
story of a Babe—the story of the
Christ Child.
As I sat listening to the Christ-mas
message being presented by
the Sunday School children, I
thought to myself how MARVEL-Ions
it was that God would send
His only Son to earth to die for
lost sinners. Then, silently I bow-ed
my head and whispered a little
prayer, thanking God that although
I was one of those sinners, I have
been redeemed by His precious
blood.
* * *
There will be several students
from Bethel who will be going into
God's Invasion Army in January.
MARCIA GANGWISH, we'll miss
your joking and hearty laugh —
Helen Dahl is already pretty lone-some.
PAUL SANDIN, keep smil-ing
for the Lord. EDDIE VIREN,
we're happy that you can go into
full time service, but poor Nordy!
There are two former Bethelites
who will also be going into the
Army. They are AVIS JOHNSON
and CHARLOTTE EKBERG, both
from Chicago. Let's r e m e m b e r
these fellows and girls in prayer
as they go out into the harvest
fields seeking the lost for Christ.
MeciiWirmt Wind from Lind
As the Axe Is Ground
Found in the Wastebasket
9frt Spa4/44i
by Roger Hedberg
■..
The ice skating rink has been up over. three weeks now and as
soon as the fire department of St. Paul is certain of consistent cold
weather the rink will be flooded. Ed Carlson heads the committee that
will keep up the condition of the rink and enforce certain rules that
will be necessary to please everybody. Ralph Bennett and Don Dye will
assist Ed. Certain hours will be set for pleasure skating and ice-sports,
and the neighborhood "kids" will be allowed to 'skate at certain periods.
Coach Edwards has announced that all the, home basketball games
will be played in the gymnasium of Minnehaha academy of Minneapolis.
This gymnasium has just recently been completed and has a regulation
basketball court and ample room for spectators, so our student body can
,ok forward to some pleasant surroundings in watching the Indians
battles.
* * * *
it has been a few years now since Bethel has had a standing girl's
basketball team to represent Bethel in girl's basketball competition in
this area, however, plans are in the making for such a team this year.
Claryce Skoog, along with her contemporary girl sports enthusists
Dobbe Coopper, Ruth Martinson, and Marilyn Kortum, is initiating the
action necessary to bring into being a girl's team. Doris Richert, former
Bethelite, will coach the team, and competition such as Northwestern
Schools and the Ag School will be scheduled.
* * * *
Reserve Monday night, January the 16th as a "must" for an evening
of entertainment. The annual—all famous—Coffee Cup game will be
payed between the faculty and a team to be announced later. The
Coffee Cup trophy has yet to be won by the faculty.
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Cagers Gain 66-54 Win Over Rochester
Superior State
Victors Over
Bethel, 66-45
Playing on the Superior State
Teachers court on December 2,
Bethel bowed to the tune of 66-45.
Once again, the Indians were
overcome by the distinct disadvan-tage
of not enough height, although
they did make a battle of the en-tire
game.
Playing inspired basketball in
the first half, Bethel trailed by
only four points as the clock show-ed
one minute in the half. Then
two quick baskets by the Teachers
made the half time score 34-26.
In this half, Bethel had connect-ed
on twelve out of fourteen free
throws. The two were missed after
the Indians had pushed twelve in
a row through the hoops.
The second half showed the
Teacher reserves were stronger
than the Redman reserves, for in
the last quarter, with Bethel still
within striking d i s t a n c e, Ken
Greenman, Gordy Wood, and Don
Peterson fouled out. From this
point, Superior had an easy time
of it as their big 6-5 center, Gene
Omernik, led the way with a total
of 22 points. Gordy Wood was high
for the losers hitting on seven
field goals and five for five charity
shots.
Gymnasts Perform
Ladder Act At
_City Hockey Game_
The newly-formed gymnastic and
tumbling team of Bethel College
displayed its talents publicly (a-part
from any school function) be-tween
periods of the Tulsa - St.
Paul hockey game, November 29.
Presenting the Roman ladder act,
the team was coached by Ernie
Davis, well known Christian youth
and athletic director in the Twin
Cities area.
Members of the team which per-formed
are Curt Wik, director of
the act, Marlin Nelson, Dave Tut-tle,
Harold Kickbush, Bob Lythe,
Bob Bliss, Kenny Gullman, Paul
Dubuque, Arvid Berg and Cliff
Smith.
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Indians Yield In
Court Opener At
Wartburg, 56-41
The 1949-50 edition of Bethel
basketball opened the current sea-son
on November 28 at Wartburg
College with a loss, 56-41.
The Redmen, lacking the neces-sary
height to cope with the Iowan
giants, nevertheless played good
basketball the entire game. .The
average height of the starting
home team was one inch over six
feet. As a result the rebounds of
both 'backboards were controlled
very ably by the black and orange
suited Knights from the corn coun-try.
In the first half, a one man ex-hibition
was put on by Gordy
Wood, Bethel's diminutive guard.
He poured in four shots from well
out on the court to record half
of Bethel's first-half points. The
score at half was 31-16.
Bud Pierce, brilliant forward for
Bethel suddenly caught fire in the
second half and scored ten points.
Ken Greenman also found himself
for a total of twelve points, and
the two teams walked off the floor
at the end of the game, both
'having scored 25 points in the
second half, but the first half de-ficit
still had to be accounted for
and thus the final score read in
favor of Wartburg, 56-41.
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Sports Sketch •
THIS ARTICLE WILL MARK
THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF
SKETCHES ON THE PLAYERS
ON THE INDIAN VARSITY
BASKETBALL TEAM.
Bud Pierce, f or war d on this
year's Indian basketball squad,
comes to Bethel from Centralia,
(Wash.) Junior College's varsity
team. Five feet eight inches of
height is no great handicap to Bud
as his excellent teamwork and fine
shots ably compensate for lack of
height.
As has been mentioned before,
Bud saw varsity action during both
of his two years at Centralia J.C.
His high school career was started
at Dallas, Oregon, where, as a
sophomore, 'he got his first taste
of varsity play. Centralia H.S.,
where he played his junior and
senior years, also benefited by
Bud's abilities.
Here at Bethel, Bud is much im-pressed
with the spirit in sports,
and he remarks, "Playing for Bet-hel
is not playing for personal
glory, but for something more than
that."
A twenty-one year old junior
Bud, is majoring in psychology;
there is nothing definite in his
plans for the future except the pro-bability
of attending Bethel next
year also.
•
B Team Drops
Cage Event To
Calvary, 48-38
This season's Bethel "B" squad
basketball team is composed of
thirteen members. Those making
up the first team are forwards
Harvey De Vries, veteran from last
year, Pete Anderson, Bob Schmidt,
guards Jim Lemon, Bob Lyth and
Art Bergeson, and Dave Swanson
playing center. Other members of
. the team are Clarence Anderson,
Frank Doten, Curt Johnson, Don
Lindgren, Dean Olson and Jim
Young. Bob Sandin, former Bethel
varsity player, is coaching the Jun-ior
squad again this year.
The team lost their first game to
Calvary Baptist by a score of 48-
38. High point man for Bethel was
Jim Lemon with 13.
Rochester, held without a field
goal for the first eight minutes,
found themselves on the short end
of a 19-6 score at the quarter. The
second quarter proved to be of the
same nature and the halftime score
showed Bethel in front 41-26.
The referees had a busy night
with a total of 53 fouls being call-ed,
29 of them against Rochester.
Bethel capitalized on this by push-ing
22 gift tosses through the
hoops.
Don Peterson totaled nine points
and Gordy Wood was held to only
eight points for his lowest output
of the season.
BETH EL (66)
FG FT PF TP
Hage, f 0 0 4 0
Peterson, f2 5 4 9
Bjorndahl, i • 0 2 5 2
Nelson, f 1 0 0 2
Greenman, c 8 10 2 26
Bandy, c 0 0 2 0
Wood, g 3 2 2 8
Pierce, g 8 3 4 19
Johnson, G., g 0 0 ' 0
Johnson, T., g 0 0 1 0
— — —
Totals 22 22 24 6o
ROCHESTER (54)
FG FT PF TP
nristopherson,f 1 0 0 2
Ackerman, f .. 7 4 4 18
Campion, f .. 0 1 0 1
Allen, f 2 1 3 5
Stewart, c 2 4 5 8
Carlson, g-c 0 1 3 1
Block, g 2 3 5 7
West, g 0 0 1 0
Gillespie, g 2 5 12
— — — —
Totals 19 16 29 54
Halftime Score: Bethel 41, Rochester
26. Officials: Rideneour, Carroll.
HOME CAGE SCHEDULE
Jan. 7 Austin
Jan. 17 Concordia
Jan. 24 Brainerd
Jan. 28 Northland
Feb. 7 Luther
Feb. 11 Waldorf
Feb. 17 Worthington
Feb. 25 Bethany
Mar. 9 Rochester
The first home game against
Austin on January 7th, a Satur-day
night, will be played at
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47th Ave. So., Minneapolis, one
block South and West from Lake
St. and River Road.
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Greenman Is High With 26
Points; Pierce Gets 19
The Bethel Indians thumped Rochester J. C. 66-54 for their first
victory of the season. The game was played at the Rochester Auditorium
on December 9.
With center Ken Greenman leading the way with 26 points, the
Indians were in no danger throughout the game. They led the entire
distance, scoring first on a free throw by Bud Pierce. Pierce finished the
game with 19 points, 11 of them coming in the second half.
Skoog, Viren
Elected Grid
Captains For
1950 Season
The 1g-4'g-football team- was hon-ored
at the football banquet held
in the Bethel dining hall on Decem-ber
7 at 7:00 P.M.
After a dinner which had venison
as the main dish, several business
matters were taken care of. The
1950 co-captains were announced.
En trusted with the leadership for
next year were Ron Skoog and
John Viren, who will be Senior
and Sophmore respectively next
year.
Curtis Peterson was the re-cipient
of the title—Outstanding
Lineman of the Year. A total of
24 letters were then awarded to
the fellows, who carried the name
of Bethel through its third season
of football. Coach Clarence Hol-strom
delivered a short talk and
Paul Lillienburg provided the final
feature by showing a variety of his
color slides.
Ruth Jorgensen decks Howie Carlson in carrot corsage.
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THE CLARION
Wednesday, December 14, 1949
Bethel Locale
For Pres--; Conf.
The evening of Nov. 29 found a
new and different kind of meeting
on Bethel's campus. Editors and
publication representatives from
four of the nine evangelical schools
in the Twin Cities area gathered
to discuss the problems of student
publications and the possibilities
for co-operation between Christian
schools in journalism.
This novel meeting was arranged
by Perry Hedberg, who is the head
of the College and Student Publi-cation
Section of the Evangelical
Press Association. The E. P. A.
which sponsored this press con-ference
was organized last April
in Chicago for the purpose of en-hancing
the effectiveness of Chris-tian
journalism through co-opera-tion
and encouraging high ethical
and technical standards.
A discussion period afforded a
good opportunity for learning how
other schools operate their publica-tions
and overcome their difficul-ties.
The posibility of developing a
student paper syndicate within the
400 evangelical schools, a matter of
much interest and great promise,
was talked over in the meeting.
Rev. Gerald B. Smith, Church
Editor for the St. Paul Pioneer
Press-Dispatch, brought the. group
some inspirational remarks and
news tips. A valuable and inform-ative
talk was also given by Pro-fessor
Harold Wilson of the Uni-versity's
dep.artment of journalism
on lay-out technicalities and meth-ods
for improving publications.
The group is looking forward to
meeting again sometime in the
spring to plan and learn still more
—to the- praise of His glory.
New German Band
Brings Vim, Vigor
The 1949-50 edition of the Bethel
German Band is taking shape at
last, reports the Band's director,
Phil Weiler, and he goes on to des-cribe
something of what Bethel
may expect from them.
An exclusive organization of the
German Club, this year's Band is
composed of a variety of talented
musicians. Several standard band
instruments, .brasses, .woodwinds
and percussion, will be augmented
by a varied background including
a piano, hormonica, slide whistle,
and other soundmaking devices.
With such a variety of instru-ments
represented (and only one
of each, at that!) it is hard to tell
at present just what kind of music
will be finally produced. It is fairly
safe to say, however, that selec-tions
will be in the lighter vein,
with especial favor given to old
German standbys—and variations.
It is hoped that this year's Band
will prove a valuable asset to
morale-boosting at Bethel's various
sports events this winter. With no
competition in its class (and the
German Band is in a class by it-self!)
this group aims to go
places. Its motto: The best in
German music by the best of Ger-man
musicians at Bethel.
winning costumes
Arc, a priest and
bonneted lady.
Faculty and interested friends
peered down from the balcony as
the program continued. Bta.ck-faced,
swallow-tailed Barbara Port,
Shirley Erickson and Jim Young
frolicked through their pantomine-song,
"When You Were Sweet Six-teen."
Marcia Gangwish and Frank
4Doten (assisted vigorously by their
"lig inner selves," Lois Mitchell
and Teddy Johnson), were swept
through a skit which brought forth
some,of the difficulties involved in
getting a date for Nickolina's Dag.
Ronny Johnson, as Master of
Ceremonies, wove his unending
jokes through the pattern of the
entire program and his interpreta-tion
of "Life Gets Teejus, Don't
It?" was a song to be remembered.
The Chapel Choir Quartet and
some chorus singing led by Howie
Carlson put the young people in a
quieter frame of mind for the de-votions
Marlin Nelson had prepar-ed.
Then came ice cream and pie
and Nickolina's Dag, 1949, became
history.
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Sophomores, it's time to blow
the dust off your ice skates and
shake the mothballs out of your ski
pants. Why? For the Sophomore
Retreat, of course. So check Jan.
20-22 on your calendar and begin
dropping the nickels in your piggy
bank now.
The theme is, "Christ in you, the
hope of glory", taken from -Col. 1:
27. Gene Johnson, selected as
speaker, will lead in a study of
Colossians.
Plans are perking for indoor
games( which will include the
famous log), tobogganing, ice skat-ing,
night hiking, and fireside de-votional
times. There will also be
a photo contest with a worthy
prize for the snapshot best depict-ing
our retreat life. So plan to
tuck your. camera in that extra
corner of your suitcase.
Remember the date; prepare now
—this and more awaits you for
only $8.
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Prof. Wik to Receive
Drs. Degree II Honors
A much-worked-for Doctor of Philosophy degree will be presented to
Reynold Wik, associate professor of history of Bethel College, upon his
graduation from the University of Minnesota, tomorrow, Dec. 15. At the
same time, his V, ife, Helen Wik, will receive her B.S. and L.S. degrees.
As a basis for his doctoral dissertation on "The Application of Steam
Power to American Agriculture," Mr. Wik said, "There has been much
N..., ritten about the railroad locomotive and the steamboat, but no one
has attempted to tell the story of
the iron horse that got off the
track and lumbered across the
western plains."
This particular phase of agricul-tural
history was chosen my Mr.
Wik partly because of the interest
it had for him as a child on a
Dakota farm where his father pio-neered
in the use of steam powered
tractors for plowing and threshing
prairie lands.
Gathering source material for
this project led Professor Wik
through fifteen states, from Wash-ington,
D. C. to Nebraska. Most of
the material was found in dust
covered boxes of factory attics and
basements. These collections, such
as the J. I. Case Collection in
Racine, Wis., included letters by
farmers and salesmen which were
over a hundred years old. Some
50,000 personal letters were read in
an attempt to gather basic infor-mation
for this unusual paper.
As a result of this research, Mr.
Wik has been asked to read a
paper on this subject at the Nat-ional
Convention of the Mississippi
Valley Historical Association which
meets in Oklahoma City next April.
Since only a few graduate students
appear on these annual programs,
this recognition , constitutes a spec-ial
honor.
Mr. Wik has been on the faculty
of Bethel for three years. He re-ceived
his B.A. degree from Sioux
Falls College; his M.A. from the
U n iv e M
done graduate work at the Univer-sities
of Harvard, Chicago and In-diana.
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If the majority of Bethelites tumbled into bed the night of Dec. 1
and dreamed of crepe-paper-and-newspaper style shows, tunnels of love
(complete with wet wash cloths), the antics of three dark minstrels
and four "hillbillies"—all to the tune of the Nickolina song—the credit
goes to the sophomore class in general and Ruth Jorgensen and her
dependable committee in particular.
Nickoiinas and their beaux who were bedecked with anything from
carrots and dog collars to chry-santhemums,
saw Marilyn Kortum,
Lu Butler and Vicky Balcom place
as winners in a style show that all
the group had helped to make. The
were Joan of
a bustled and
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Inside Info
from the S.C.
Perhaps you haven't heard just
what goes on in your Student
Council, so your Student Council
secretary would like to share with
you some of the things we've been
talking about lately.
A committee has been appointed
by the Council for the organization
of a "B" Club, composed of those
who have earned a letter in some .
sports activity. They have already
discussed various aims, and soon
will be sponsoring the sale of sea-son
tickets to various athletic
events. Incidentally, it was upon
a recommendation from the Coun-cil,
that the Policy Committee de-cided
to grant special prices for
students' wives am:0 issue season
tickets for those interested in our
athletic program.
Other plans have been made for
the skating rink opposite the girls'
dorm, the formation of a girls'
basketball team, a Christmas pro-gram
on our last day of school be-fore
vacation, and some revisions
in the Constitution regarding re-presentation
of the Council.
We would ask cooperation in re-gard
to the school calender. If each
organ ization would_ clear_ of
all meetings through the Council
secretary, much conflict and re-arrangement
could be avoided.